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US-11673557

System and method for path planning of autonomous vehicles based on gradient

PublishedJune 13, 2023
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Technical Abstract

A system and method for path planning of autonomous vehicles based on gradient are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating and scoring a first suggested trajectory for an autonomous vehicle; generating a trajectory gradient based on the first suggested trajectory; generating and scoring a second suggested trajectory for the autonomous vehicle, the second suggested trajectory being based on the first suggested trajectory and a human driving model; and outputting the second suggested trajectory if the score corresponding to the second suggested trajectory is within a score differential threshold relative to the score corresponding to the first suggested trajectory.

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2. The system of claim 1 wherein the path planning module comprises machine learnable components.

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3. The system of claim 1 wherein the second suggested trajectory is generated based on a human driving model, wherein the path planning module is configured to modify parameters of the human driving model based on the trajectory gradient.

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4. The system of claim 1 wherein the trajectory gradient is generated by taking a mathematical derivative of a function defining the first suggested trajectory.

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5. The system of claim 4 wherein the scale and direction data corresponding to each of the first plurality of waypoints are derived by taking the mathematical derivative of the function defining the first suggested trajectory.

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6. The system of claim 1 wherein the second suggested trajectory is output to an autonomous vehicle control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle causing the autonomous vehicle to follow the second suggested trajectory.

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9. The method of claim 8 wherein the trajectory gradient is generated based on the first suggested trajectory and the human driving model.

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12. The method of claim 7 wherein the trajectory gradient is generated based on the first suggested trajectory and a human driving model trained with training data corresponding to human driving behaviors, wherein the human driving behaviors comprise changing a speed or a direction of a vehicle.

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14. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the second suggested trajectory is generated based on a human driving model, wherein the human driving model is configured to retain information corresponding to human driving behaviors as mathematical or data representations.

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15. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 14 wherein at least part of the information corresponding to the human driving behaviors retained in the human driving model can be adjusted or expunged.

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16. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the information corresponding to the human driving behaviors expunged comprises driving with abrupt acceleration rates.

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17. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the information corresponding to the human driving behaviors comprises a relationship between a braking percentage and a time, the relationship between the braking percentage and the time being learned and retained as a smooth data curve.

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18. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the information corresponding to the human driving behaviors is encoded as a neural network or rules sets.

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19. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the instructions further cause the machine to: combine the score of the first suggested trajectory with the score of the second suggested trajectory to generate a gradient using a gradient descent process.

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20. The non-transitory machine-useable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the second suggested trajectory is generated based on the trajectory gradient and a human driving model, wherein if a score difference between the first suggested trajectory and the second suggested trajectory is equal or higher than the score differential threshold, parameters of the human driving model are modified.

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June 12, 2020

Publication Date

June 13, 2023

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